The newly created ERP competence center at the Kufstein University of Applied Sciences combines the specialist knowledge of the educational institution with the practical expertise of the All for One Groupa leading international IT, consulting and service provider for everything related to SAP and decades of ERP experience, predominantly in medium-sized companies. The aim of the cooperation is to establish ourselves as a pioneer for both the further development and implementation of ERP systems in the foothills of the Alps. The collaboration started in July 2024.
Dr. Nico Deistler is the new endowed professor
Thanks to the cooperation, Dr. Nico Deistler will be hired as an endowed professor. He works at the auditing and consulting company KPMG in Mannheim and has been teaching the ERP modules administration and scheduling systems, planning and control systems and customizing and modification since October part-time master’s degree course in ERP systems and business process management. “By awarding this endowed professorship, we have succeeded in bringing even more expertise from business to the FH Kufstein Tirol and in making our part-time master’s degree program even more practical,” says Prof. (FH) Dr. Martin Adam, Head of ERP Systems & Business Process Management.
In addition, students benefit from new company collaborations and competitions that challenge their innovative strength. Practical projects are planned with the companies SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG and FRITZ EGGER GmbH & Co. OG. A new edition of the ERP hackathon is scheduled to start in the summer semester of 2025.
“Through this partnership in combination with the new offers for students, the Kufsteiner FH underlines its position as a practice-oriented university,” says Prof. (FH) Dr. Thomas Madritsch, Managing Director of the FH Kufstein Tirol.
Regional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) also benefit from the new competence center: their employees gain new knowledge of ERP systems as part of a summer school.
In addition to teaching, the ERP team deals with the area of IT compliance. The focus of the research is on IT security in SMEs. “We want to ensure that SMEs recognize the advantages of ERP systems and find ways to use them for themselves while being compliant,” says Deistler.
Center for Business Excellence and Digitalization of Business Processes
Looking to the future, the All for One Group, together with the FH Kufstein Tirol, plans to further expand the competence center and intensify cooperation with regional companies. The aim is to further advance research activities in the area of IT compliance and ERP systems and thus sustainably promote digitalization and increased efficiency in SMEs. “The cooperation combines research and practice with the very specific goal of generating business benefits for customers. We look forward to working together – and to our first joint ERP conference, which will take place on May 16th. “The agenda includes, among other things, an exchange with local companies about current challenges in the digitalization of production, logistics and service,” says Horst Lambauer, Managing Director of All for One Austria.
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